7th Holy Synod Members Seminar
Bishop & Priest ... Fatherhood & Sonship
The 7th Seminar for Holy Synod Members was hold on “Bishop & priest … Fatherhood & Sonship” from Monday, November 18th to Thursday, November 21st, 2019 at the LOGOS Center at the papal residence at St. Bishoy Monastery, in the presence and patronage of His Holiness Pope Tawadros II, Bishop Danial (Maadi), Holy Synod Secretary and the presence of 110 of Holy Synod Members.
The seminar consisted of presenting scientific research papers with written and patristic reference that were prepared by the Metropolitans and Bishops in sufficient time before the seminar. The papers were sent electronically to all Holy Synod members for study, and the fathers participated in a free and open discussion on the research papers.
45 minutes were allowed for the presentation of the paper and 45 minutes for discussion for each session.
The seminar schedule is as follows:
The 1st Session: Before he became a priest:
(Knowing the candidate’s life details: his studies, his family, his environment, his service, his physical and psychological health, the nomination method, mistakes in the nomination, a period of training and study before the ordination)
Speaker: Metropolitan Pakhomious
Moderator: Bishop Antony
The 2nd Session: Priesthood First Day:
(Duties and rights, priest Questioning, Bishop Fatherhood of the priest between rights and duties, promotion, salary, his psychological and spiritual needs)
Speaker: Bishop Marcos
Moderator: Bishop Macarius
The 3rd Session: Bishop Fatherhood:
(Following up and caring for the priest’s relations with his brothers, his family, Church council members, servants, the people, State officials within the boundaries of his church, Bishop dealing with the differences of the priests in the one church)
Speaker: Bishop Loukas
Moderator: Bishop Stephanos
The 4th Session: Qualities and Treatments:
(Take care of the priest, who is he? Why? How to treat? What to do if treatment is not possible, problems: Self, Sex, Money)
Speaker: Bishop Maximous (Banha)
Moderator: Bishop Bernaba
The 5th Session: Priest Special Circumstances:
(The possibility of changing the diocese of the priest’s service, relieving the priest from his administrative and financial responsibilities after a certain age, the interest in preparing a second generation, the illness of any part of the family, the birth of disabled children, the emigration of his family, the priest refused to ordain another priest with him)
Speaker & Moderator: Bishop Biemen
The Synod fathers were distributed into five groups to discuss the five topics and moderated the discussion in the groups:
1st Group: Bishop Theodosius
2nd Group: Bishop David
3rd Group: Bishop Martyros
4th Group: Bishop Temotheos
5th Group: Bishop Youhanna
The seminar ended with a closing session in which the following took place:
- Presenting the recommendations of the working groups
- Closing speech by His Holiness Pope Tawadros II on “Who is the priest?”
The Lord uses this seminar for the glory of His Holy Name, the growth of His Holy Church, and the salvation of our souls.
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